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])arred with dark fuscous. Hind wings with terinen I'ounded ; 

 whitish, suffused with dark fuscous ; indications of fine dark 

 lines at inner margin ; usually a broad dark fuscous terminal 

 band containing a wavy whitish subterminal line ; terminal line 

 and cilia as fore wings. 



This appears to be the species described by Meyrick as X. 

 extensata, AVlk.; pi'obably trusting to Walker's description for 

 identification. I have examined Walker's type, and though it 

 is in poor condition, I satisfied myself that it is referable to 

 the preceding species. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



Var. petrodes [ttctpoSt/s, resembling a rock]. Fore wings grey 

 rather than blackish, with pale ocheous-brown suffusion near 

 base and in parts of disc. 



Q., Warwick, in April. Four <? specimens of the variety 

 petrodes, harmonising in colouration with the rocks on which they 

 settled. N.S.W., Bathurst ; V., Melbourne, Fern.shaw, Gisborne, 

 in March and April ; four specimens received from Mr. G. Lyell. 

 S.A., Mt. Lofty. 



127. Xanthorhoe xanthospila. 



Xanthorhoe xanthospila. Low. Tr.R.S. S.A., 1892, p. 13. 



S' ?, 22-24 mm. Head whitish-ochi'eous, with a few fuscous 

 scales. Face and palpi dark fu.scous with a few whitish-ochreous 

 scales; palpi \\. Antennae whitish-grey; pectinations 6. 

 Thorax dark fuscous ; anterior edge whitish-ochreous ; patagia 

 whitish-ochreous, with a blackish transverse line. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous, mixed with fuscous ; with a double dorsal series 

 of dark dots. Legs dark fuscous annulated with ochreous-'whit- 

 ish ; posterior pair ochreous-whitish irrorated with dark fuscous. 

 Fore wings with costa slightly arched, termen slightly bowed, 

 oblique; dark fuscous mixed with whitish and with ochreous on 

 veins ; basal line obscure, outwardly curved, oblique ; median 

 band darker, except in centre, which contains a blackish discal 

 dot ; anterior edge, from costa at \ to inner margin at ^, 

 oljscui-ely outlined with whitish, above nearly straight, beneath 

 strongly curved inwards; posterior edge sharply defined, bounded 

 by a double whitish line, from costa at | to inner margin at |, 

 with a sharp median projection, indented above and below 



